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Anglicare Adoption Services

Anglicare Adoption Services was established in 1997. Previously it was known as the Anglican Adoption Agency. It is a specific part of the Anglicare Out of Home Care Services and of the Anglicare Telepea Office that supports adoption services. This includes providing ongoing support to all main parties in a past adoption made through the…

Anglicare Child and Family Services

Anglicare Child and Family Services replaced Care Force in 1997. It held and managed the records of a number of Church of England children’s homes in the Sydney Church of England/Anglican Diocese. In 2008 this organisation became known as Anglicare Out-of-Home Care, part of the Anglicare Child Youth and Family Services Department. Anglicare Out-of-Home Care…

The Salvation Army Australia

The Salvation Army Australia came into being in 2018 – the Australia Territory Board of Governance held its first meeting in September 2018. Previously, the Salvation Army structure had comprised the Southern and Eastern Territories. In 2022, the Salvation Army (also known as The Salvos) continues to provide a range of community services in Australia,…

Anglican Diocese of Armidale

The Anglican Diocese of Armidale was established in 1914. Previously, it was known as the Diocese of Armidale and Grafton. The Diocese had two children’s Homes, run by a committee of management – Ohio Boys’ Home and Coventry Home. In a statement to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in 2016,…

Kids First Australia

In 2018 the Children’s Protection Society changed its name to Kids First Australia. Kids First Australia provides support services to children, young people, and families, such as counselling, treatment and therapeutic healing for cases of abuse and neglect, youth homelessness prevention, and mentoring and education services. Kids First Australia provides access to the records of…

Jewish Care (Victoria) Inc.

Jewish Care (Victoria) Inc. came into being in 2001 following a merger of Montefiore Homes and the Australian Jewish Welfare Society. Jewish Care inherited any surviving records of Frances Barkman Homes.

Apollo Bay Museum

The Apollo Bay Museum is operated by the Apollo Bay and District Historical Society. It holds artefacts and information about the history of the Apollo Bay area, including a small number of records relating to the Heathfield Homes Reformatory School for Protestant Boys. Opening Hours: Please check the website for Museum opening hours or to…

Royal Melbourne Hospital Archives

The Royal Melbourne Hospital Archives collects records relating to the Royal Melbourne Hospital (Melbourne Hospital prior to 1935), Melbourne Health, NorthWestern Mental Health and the Royal Melbourne Hospital – Royal Park Campus (the former Mount Royal Hospital). It also holds some records of the predecessor institutions to the RMH Royal Park Campus, including the Immigrants’…

Care Leaver Records Service, Freedom of Information Unit, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing

The Care Leaver Records Service is located in the Freedom of Information (FOI) unit of Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH). The Care Leaver Records Service is a single point of entry for all those applying for the out of home care records – both former wards as well as those who have a…

The Uniting Church in Australia Archives (Victoria)

The Uniting Church Archives (Victoria) collects the records of the Uniting Church post 1977, and its constituent churches prior to 1977 (Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational churches). The archives were established at the formation of the Uniting Church in Australia to be a central repository for the historical records of the Synod, presbyteries and parishes of…